Which to use
“construction” and “constructions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #842
- “construction” frequency rank
- #6,069
- “constructions” frequency rank
- 6911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | construction | constructions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action ou art de construire. | Pluriel de construction. |
Same sound, different letters: construction vs constructions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - construction and constructions
This is the hard kind. construction and constructions are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “construction” sits inside “constructions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
construction is recorded at frequency rank #842, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\. constructions is at rank #6,069, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃s.tʁyk.sjɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 6911, this pair ranks #424,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of construction vs constructions
Shared letters: cinorstu. Private to "construction": -. Private to "constructions": -.
"construction" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVVC · "constructions" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- construction ← cconstruction · cnostruction · connstruction · consrtuction · consstruction · constrcution · constrruction · construcction
- constructions ← cconstructions · cnostructions · connstructions · consrtuctions · consstructions · constrcutions · constrructions · construcctions
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "construction" and "constructions" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "construction" or "constructions" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "construction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "constructions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #424,854 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "construction" and "constructions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "constructifs vs constructions". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #424,854 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.